Tag: Community Colleges: Page 95

Leadership & Policy

College President’s Primary Goal? Make a Difference

For those attracted to the work it’s a pretty unique job as college remains that one special place where dreams still matter.

December 24, 2013

HBCUs

Shuttered HBCU St. Paul’s College Names Stith President

Prior to closing, St. Paul’s had struggled to keep its accreditation due to financial issues and declining enrollment.

December 23, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim

It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.

December 22, 2013

Students

Alabama State Trustees Choose Boyd as President

Gwendolyn Boyd went from a Montgomery housing project as a girl to a career with a leadership position at Johns Hopkins University.

December 22, 2013

Community Colleges

In case you missed it …

Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Boulder’s Anti-Intellectual, Unfree Culture of Fear Minneapolis Community College Professor Denounced for Structural Racism Teachings Knight Commission Database Exposes Division I Athletic, Academic Spending Center for American Progress Urges ‘Game Changing’ Higher Education Reforms

December 19, 2013

African-American

HBCUs Still Waiting for Solution to Parent PLUS Loan Crisis

HBCUs still have no news from the Department of Education on whether the problems over the Parent PLUS Loan program will be resolved before the 2014 recruiting season.

December 19, 2013

Students

Report Presses UNC System for Greater Efficiency

North Carolina’s public university system should increase its focus on efficiency as students and taxpayers alike grapple with the rising cost of higher education, a report Wednesday to state legislators said.

December 18, 2013

Students

Diverse Conversations: Preparing Students for the Labor Force

William Peace University’s Dr. Lynn Owens explains how employers’ needs have changed and how educators can prepare graduates for today’s labor force.

December 15, 2013

Leadership & Policy

In case you missed it …

Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Howard Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit Bennett President Fights for Investment from Alumni, Wealthy Donors Fisk, Florida A&M get Clean Bills of Health from Accreditation Group Lane College President McClure Dies

December 12, 2013

African-American

Pay Gains for Young Women; Inequality Still Seen

Taking time off or reducing hours for families still cited as main reason for gender gap in pay equality.

December 11, 2013

African-American

‘CommUniversity’ Takes Educational Outreach to a New Level

Dr. Zachery Williams, an associate professor of history at the University of Akron, is in the final stages of launching what some are affectionately calling “college in the hood.”

December 11, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Diverse December 6 Edition

In this edition, Diverse features a Spectrum reflection on James Meredith, activist and first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Also included are reports on the efforts of HBCUs to diversify and grow enrollment, the need for more alumni and wealthy donor giving at HBCUs, the struggle of Catholic universities adapting to modern changes in efforts to adhere to the Catholic Church, and the re-emergence of co-op programs that offer students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the real world.

December 10, 2013